canalicius

Latin

Etymology

From canālis (“groove, channel”) +‎ -icius, the first element from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.naːˈli.ki.us/, [känäːˈlʲɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈli.t͡ʃi.us/, [känäˈliːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

canālicius (feminine canālicia, neuter canālicium); first/second-declension adjective

1. dug out of, mined or derived from shafts or pits

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	canālicius	canālicia	canālicium		canāliciī	canāliciae	canālicia
genitive	canāliciī	canāliciae	canāliciī		canāliciōrum	canāliciārum	canāliciōrum
dative	canāliciō	canāliciae	canāliciō		canāliciīs
accusative	canālicium	canāliciam	canālicium		canāliciōs	canāliciās	canālicia
ablative	canāliciō	canāliciā	canāliciō		canāliciīs
vocative	canālicie	canālicia	canālicium		canāliciī	canāliciae	canālicia

Synonyms

• (derived from shafts or pits): canāliēnsis

Related terms

• canālicula
• canāliculātus
• canāliculus
• canāliēnsis
• canālis
• canna
• cannamella
• cannētum
• canneus
• cannula

References

• “canalicius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canalicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.